Posterior lamellar keratoplasty - Comparison of deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty and Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in the same patients: A patient's perspective

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-190

  Bahar, I ^a,b   Sansanayudh, W ^a   Levinger, E ^a   Kaiserman, I ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a   Rootman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60849105071     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.136630     Document Type: Article

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